Business Name (DBA): Fern Selesnick Consulting
Business Address:
MAIL: PO Box 973, Williamsburg, MA 01096;
OFFICE: 160 Main St., Northampton, MA 01060
Business Phone: (413)268-3157
Cell Phone: (413) 563-8074
Fax Number: (413) 268-3169
Email Address: fernselesnickconsulting@gmail.com
Principal: Fern Selesnick
Category of Service:
Speaker/presenter
Trainer/Facilitator and Related Writing Services
Summary description of business and/or services offered:
Fern Selesnick Consulting offers training, facilitation, coaching and writing services to non-profit organizations and community members. All organizational projects are customized to meet your agency’s mission, culture and challenges. Our work is based on providing you with 1) Effective listening, reflection, communication and collaboration regarding your needs and concerns; 2) Respect for and inclusion of diverse perspectives. We combine the above with more than 20 years’ experience working with non-profit and private organizations to bring you high quality, thoughtfully designed, customized services.
We offer the following: Outplacement Career Services; Life Skills Education; Leadership Training and Workplace Effectiveness Skills. Some examples of our past and present programs are: Career Transition and Job Search Coaching; Financial Literacy and First Time Home Buyer Education; Training and Facilitation on Leading and Motivating Employees, Productive Performance Reviews, Effective Delegation Techniques; Time Management, Effective Interpersonal Communication and related Train the Trainer programs. Our writing services include specialized research and interviewing projects; resumes and related job search materials and customized training materials and instructor guides in many of the above topics.
Our past or present clients include the Hampden County Regional Employment Board, area Community Development Corporations, The National Safety Council, Community Partners Health Advocacy Network, and a private consulting firm delivering management training for organizations in New England, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Background on you and/or business:
Fern brings 20+ years’ experience as a manager, trainer, coach and facilitator to Fern Selesnick Consulting. Prior to establishing her current business, she spent 10 years as an independent trainer and writer for community groups, hospitals and businesses. Topics ranged from effective supervision to stress management, nutrition and train-the-trainer. Fern spent an additional 8 years as a trainer and coach at the Franklin Hampshire Career Center, providing job search and life management skills for low and moderate income community members.
As a manager, Fern worked for more than 8 years for non-profit programs that addressed poverty, unemployment and education. Her accomplishments include developing the first Displaced Homemaker career program in Hampden County, implementing a 3-year EOHHS grant facilitating access to service for vulnerable populations, and creating scholarship opportunities for low-income youth.
Fern has chaired workplace and community groups on diversity, served as an Affirmative Action officer for Sexual Harassment, and facilitated services for single parents, youth, seniors and ESL students.
She holds a Master of Education from Antioch University in human services counseling and administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Fern is a member of the Western Mass Coaching Alliance and Class Action.
Testimonials and/or references:
1. Florian Richard Neveu, Former Director, Career Center Services, Hampden County Regional Employment Board, Springfield, MA
175 E. Goosebery Road, West Springfield, MA 01089. (413) 642-467; richardneveu@comcast.net
“During the 2004/2005 time period, Ms. Selesnick worked as a consultant for the Regional Employment Board of Hampden County, under my direction, in my former capacity as Director of Career Center Services. The work she was tasked to accomplish required strong organizational, communication, and computer skills, an understanding of adult workers and the ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people. Also, it involved a large amount of group facilitation and individual interviewing, plus a strong knowledge of the labor market, diversity in the workplace, and challenges for adult learners in the field of career services.
I can report that we were very pleased with the products delivered by Ms. Selesnick for our agency. The reports were well thought out, excellently written, and professionally prepared and presented. The information she provided was very helpful in making key decisions concerning workforce development issues that we were working on at the time. Ms. Selesnick exhibited excellent written and oral communication skills, worked well with others, and all in all I was very pleased with her performance. ~Florian R. Neveu, Ed.D.
2. Amy Shapiro, Program Manager, Business Assistance
Franklin County Community Development Corporation
(413) 774-7204 ext 107; amys@fccdc.org
3. Karen Hakala, Human Services Manager, Western Massachusetts
(413) 549-1642; Cell: 413-658-8833;karikala56@yahoo.com
Service area by country, state or zip code:
Massachusetts and Connecticut
